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Faults in Claritas Fossae
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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the Claritas Fossae region, characterized by systems of graben. A graben forms when a block of the planet crust drops down between two faults, due to extension, or pulling, of the crust.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineFaults in Claritas Fossae. NASA/JPL, 2011-07-15. Public domain. ID: PIA14461.
